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US Broadcasting Into China Needs an Authentic American Voice to Live On

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US Broadcasting Into China Needs an Authentic American Voice to Live On
A door to the offices of Radio Free Asia in Washington on March 15, 2025. Reuters
Alexander Liao
Olivia Li
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The United States Agency for Global Media is in limbo now. In March, President Donald Trump’s executive order reduced the agency’s funding to the minimum required by law. As a result, Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) have put most of their employees on leave.
With nearly four decades of journalism experience in Hong Kong, London, and the United States, Alexander Liao is an expert on China and world affairs. He currently hosts the Chinese-language Pinnacle View news analysis program on NTD, also available on YouTube and Ganjing World. Before joining The Epoch Times, he was a Hong Kong Bureau Chief for international media, an editor of various magazines, newspapers, and radio stations, and a columnist for top financial and current affairs newspapers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.